Detroit Did Itself In With Crony Capitalism
Originally published by Seth Mason on ECOMINOES.com. Conservative pundits have been having a field day with Detroit’s bankruptcy, claiming that it’s an example of the failure of liberalism. But while...
View ArticleMore Formerly-Prosperous Americans On Food Stamps
Originally published by Seth Mason on ECOMINOES.com Here’s another consequence of the “jobless recovery”: an increasing number of underemployed Americans–people who want to work “breadwinner jobs” but...
View ArticleChart Of The Month: Personal Incomes Down Since The 1960s
Originally published by Seth Mason on ECOMINOES.com. Before you discount the following chart as a load of malarkey, consider the following: 1) The chart comes from the Fed itself. In order to justify...
View ArticleObama’s Tax Deal, Internet Tax Deal: Corporate Subterfuge
Originally published by Seth Mason on ECOMINOES.com. When I was young and naive, I believed that those who use the terms “crony capitalism” and “corporatism” must be anti-capitalists by default. But I...
View ArticleCollege Need Not Be An Expensive Racket
Originally published by Seth Mason on ECOMINOES.com. On a recent episode of ECOMINOES Radio, financial guru and frequent guest Karl Denninger told me that someone should start a class action lawsuit...
View ArticleEarth To Hiring Managers: You Can’t “Job Hop” In This Economy!
Originally published by Seth Mason on ECOMINOES.com. Five years into this economic depression, the job market is as bad as ever. The mass layoffs may have stopped, but hiring is tepid, the market is...
View ArticleBig Pharma: Over-Prescribed America Visualized
Big Pharma takes advantage of Americans' insatiable desire for "quick fixes" as much as it does the greed of Washington politicians.
View Article20 Year Plunge In Gun-Related Crimes Visualized
Despite 20 years of constant rapid growth of firearms sales, GUN-RELATED CRIMES ARE DOWN NEARLY 50% SINCE 1993!
View ArticleThose With “Nothing To Hide” Should Nonetheless Fear Gov Spying
James Otteson, professor of philosophy and economics and Yeshiva University, explains in simple terms why those who have "nothing to hide" should nonetheless fear government surveillance of Americans'...
View ArticleDomestic Government Spies Are Sick People
Those responsible for these egregious violations of our constitutional rights are sick people. Domestic government spies are sick people.
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NSA and The Endangered 4th Amendment
Originally published by Seth Mason of ECOMINOES. In light of the continuously-developing NSA spying story, it’s important to look at how substantial the government’s legal justification is for its...
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Legal Recourse For 4th Amendment Violations
Originally published by Seth Mason of ECOMINOES In my last article, “NSA and The Endangered 4th Amendment,” I demonstrated that 1) the federal government uses an autonomous,...
View ArticleNo Recovery For “Breadwinning” Jobs
Originally published by Seth Mason of ECOMINOES Former Reagan budget director David Stockman has been quite outspoken about the Fed’s role in collapsing the economy. Much of his new book, The Great...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Is NOT A Traitor!
Originally published by Seth Mason of ECOMINOES The latest on Edward Snowden is that he’s likely going to seek asylum in either Venezuela or Ecuador. I have a few thoughts for those misguided people...
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Housing Recovery? No, Housing Bubble 2.0
Originally published by Seth Mason of ECOMINOES Investors are once again throwing cheap, Fed-provided capital into real estate, promoting price increases and inflating a new housing bubble. If the...
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20-Something Recent College Grad? Only Crap Jobs For You!
Originally published by Seth Mason of ECOMINOES. The media have been boasting about an “economic recovery” for 4+ years now, yet the jobs market remains terrible a full 5 years after the fall of...
View ArticleTar And Feather The Economic Tyrants!
Originally published by Seth Mason on ECOMINOES. As I celebrated this past Independence Day, I reflected on what I was celebrating: the declaration that a small band of revolutionaries would fight a...
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More Unemployed Teens, Less Teen Drivers
Originally posted by Seth Mason on ECOMINOES. Here’s some compelling evidence that young Americans’ economic horizons have been significantly lowered and a large number of young Americans are forgoing...
View ArticleNo Return Of “Breadwinner Jobs”, No Economic Recovery
Originally published by Seth Mason of ECOMINOES. There has been no material recovery of the job market since the economy crashed in 2008. While the aggregate number of jobs has been improving somewhat,...
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